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Constantin Häfner
- 2022
- Speaker
- Circle
Prof. Constantin Haefner is Managing Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT since 2020, Full Professor and Chair of Laser Technology at RWTH Aachen University, and former Director of the Advanced Photon Technologies Program, National Ignition Facility & Photon Science Directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States. Haefner is a renowned expert in advanced high-energy laser science and technology, particularly in Inertial Confinement Fusion applications, where he has made pioneering contributions. With his team, he has broken several world records, including the development of the world's most powerful petawatt laser system and the development of the world's highest-energy high-intensity laser. More recently, his research focus has expanded to the development of laser technology and applications for sustainable digital photonic manufacturing. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and has received the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Tech Transfer Award for outstanding commercialization success, and the R&D100 Innovation Award. He graduated in solid state physics from the University of Konstanz in 1999 and received his PhD from the University of Heidelberg in 2003.